The world of the apocalypses, which was the world in which Jesus had to live and act, was not less full of mysteries and terrors than our own.
"Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History"
Auguste Sabatier
Far removed from the kingly, messianic hopes of the people and the supernatural visions of the apocalypses were the plain, direct, practical ideals of Israel's great ethical prophets.
"The Makers and Teachers of Judaism"
Charles Foster Kent
By the same road from Marseilles Christianity must have come a hundred years or so before the mission of St. Patrick-a Christianity carrying the traditions and rites and apocalypses of the East.
"Irish Nationality"
Alice Stopford Green